When Cao Pi died, Qin Lang, who was the defender of Yecheng, took refuge in Cao Rong. He made a lot of contributions to Cao Rong's accession to the throne.

Originally, Cao Rong was ready to seal Qin Lang to serve in the army, but Qin Lang was a person of filial piety and was unwilling to leave Yecheng's mother's side, so in the end, Qin Lang still stayed in Yecheng, sat in Yulin Supervisor, commanded Yulin Army, and was still the most powerful person in Yecheng.

The Yulin Army was responsible for defending Yecheng, but in recent times, Qin Lang's pressure has been much greater. At the earliest, Ma Qiu's cavalry attacked Jizhou, causing a large number of displaced people, a large part of whom flocked to Yecheng, the largest city in Jizhou. Then Jizhou made trouble with the Yellow Turban Army, although the Yellow Turban Army did not dare and did not have the ability to attack a big city like Yecheng, but it caused more displaced people, and the two groups of displaced people flocked to Yecheng, which increased the number of beggars in the city dozens of times, and the security in the city was also much worse.

Then Cao Rong issued an edict, and the local family lords and private armies rose in all directions. It has also created a large number of rangers. The rangers of the Han Dynasty were not those chivalrous warriors, at that time, the ruffians and fugitives who killed people were all rangers. It can be said that these rangers are a major cancer of social security.

Compared with beggars, this group of rangers gave Qin Lang more headaches. So Qin Lang had to work hard to manage the security of Yecheng, but even so, the security of Yecheng was still getting worse.

In front of the gate of Yecheng City.

"Get out of here!" A Wei soldier rushed to the front viciously and kicked away an old farmer in rags.

"Adults have lives, and those who are not in ragged clothes are not allowed to enter the city!" As the soldier spoke, he glared at the people around him who were not very well-dressed, then stretched out his hand and pointed at them one by one, and continued: "And you, too, are not in disheveled clothes, and you are not allowed to enter the city!" ”

The few people next to him who were not pointed at subconsciously tidied up their clothes before they began to walk towards the city.

"Knock knock......" The gong sounded, and then several soldiers walked out, and one of them still held a list in his hand, and after coming to the city gate, he posted it directly.

Next to him, a loud Wei soldier shouted: "Listen, from today on, unless you have a person with a household registration in Yecheng, you can't bring weapons into the city!" ”

Upstairs at the city gate. Qin Lang looked at the city with a cold face, in order to maintain the security of Yecheng, Qin Lang had exhausted all methods, and the prison in Yecheng was already full and could not be full. In desperation, Qin Lang had no choice but to order that those who were untidy and knew that they were beggars were not allowed to enter the city, and at the same time, as long as they were not people living in Yecheng, they were not allowed to bring weapons into the city.

In the distance, a carriage came slowly, although there was no sign hanging, but looking at the style of the carriage, you knew that it was the car of a large family, so the surrounding people consciously got out of the way.

When the soldiers defending the city saw the carriage, they also knew that the identity of the people in the carriage was extraordinary and could not be easily offended, but a routine check was still necessary, so an older soldier stepped forward and asked the driver softly: "May I ask the adult of that family sitting in the car?" ”

The curtain opened, and Xu Shu walked out of it. Stood at the front of the car.

On the city tower, Qin Lang recognized Xu Shu at a glance.

"Then, isn't that person Xu Shu? Am I mistaken? Qin Lang wiped his eyes vigorously and looked at them again to make sure that he was not dazzled.

"It's Xu Shu, that's right, it's Xu Shu! Didn't he descend to Han, how did he come to Yecheng! Qin Lang's mind was full of doubts, and then, Qin Lang realized that no matter what Xu Shu came for, he had to be arrested.

"Someone, get him arrested." Qin Lang shouted, but then he seemed to remember something, and then said, "Wait a minute, don't be rough when arresting people!" ”

The soldier next to him was stunned, since he was arrested, he couldn't move roughly, what kind of reason was this.

A group of Wei soldiers rushed out and surrounded the carriage. Afterwards, Qin Lang personally walked down the city tower and came to the carriage.

The crowd flashed away, Qin Lang walked out, and Xu Shu in the car smiled slightly and said, "General Qin, long time no see." ”

"Mr. Xu, we haven't seen each other for a long time. But I didn't expect you to give me such a big credit as soon as we met! Do you know that Your Majesty hates you to the bone now! Qin Lang said with a sneer.

"I'm here this time. I just want to see the Wei lord Cao Ei, you go and report it! Xu Shu said very calmly.

……

Palace.

"Xu Shu is here?" After Cao Rong heard the news, he stood up suddenly, with a murderous aura in his eyes.

After a long time, Cao Rong took a deep breath, calmed down, and then asked, "How many people did Xu Shu bring?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I only brought a scholar and two retinues."

"Hmph......" Cao Rong's eyes flashed cold, and then said: "Come on, go and carry the big ding in front of the main hall to the hall for testing, and fill me with hot oil!" Today, I'm going to cook Xu Shu alive! ”

Next to him, Sun Zi and Liu Fang glanced at each other, and finally Sun Zi took the lead in standing up and said: "Your Majesty is angry, Xu Shu dares to come this time, he must have a plan, this Xu Shu is scheming, Your Majesty must be calm, otherwise you will fall into Xu Shu's trap!" ”

Sun Zi's words were like a basin of cold water poured on Cao Rong, and Cao Rong, who calmed down, remembered that Xu Shu was not a fool, so naturally he would not come to Yecheng to die for no reason. Xu Shu took the risk to come to Yecheng, he must have a plan, maybe Xu Shu had already thought of some serial plan to deal with himself.

"Huh......" Cao Rong let out a sigh, and then asked: "Two Aiqing, what do you think Xu Shu has conspiracy before this time?" ”

"I still can't guess this." The two shook their heads at the same time.

"Forget it, why don't I meet that Xu Shu today! Come on, bring Xu Shu up! ”

……

Xu Shu walked to the front of the main hall, and at first glance saw a bottle of tripod erected in the hall, and inside the tripod. The boiling hot oil is constantly tumbling.

"Hehe, carving insect skills!" Xu Shu smiled contemptuously and strode in.

At the same time, the news of Xu Shu's arrival in Yecheng also spread throughout Yecheng.

……

Several horses galloped across the official road and finally stopped in front of Chen Qun's mansion.

Chen Ben walked down immediately, walked directly up the steps, and walked in directly without reporting.

Chen Ben is Chen Jiao's son, and after Chen Jiao's death, Chen Ben inherited Chen Jiao's title.

Chen Qiao and Chen Qun have a very close personal relationship, and Chen Jiao's official Cao Cao was recommended by Chen Qun. Later, Chen Ben worshiped Chen Qun as his father-in-law. After Chen Jiao's death, he entrusted Chen Ben to Chen Qun and asked Chen Qun to take care of him.

Chen Qun's son, Chen Tai, accompanied Cao Zhen on his expedition to the west, but was captured. A Dou Nian's relationship with Chen Qun back then did not kill Chen Tai, but this made Chen Qun no longer able to gain Cao Qun's trust as before. Besides, Chen Qun is old, so he simply stays at home to recuperate. At the same time, because his son Chen Tai was not around, Chen Qun treated his son Chen Ben as his own and took care of him. Therefore, Chen Ben entered and exited Chen Qun's mansion, and there was no need to report it at all.

At this time, Chen Qun was in the small pavilion in the backyard, leisurely boiling tea, and when Chen Qun saw Chen Ben, he immediately beckoned Chen Ben to come over.

"Father-in-law, something is wrong!" Chen Ben opened his mouth and said.

"What's going on in the DPRK? Let's hear it. Chen Qun said lazily.

"Father-in-law, Xu Shu is here!"

"Xu Shu? You mean Xu Shu is back? When did it happen? Chen Qun asked immediately.

"It's just now, Qin Lang intercepted a carriage in front of the city gate, but he saw Xu Shu get out of the carriage."

"What about Xu Shu's current person?"

"I've already gone to the palace." Chen Ben said, secretly looked at Chen Qun's face, and then said: "Father-in-law, that Xu Shu must have a plan for coming to Yecheng, I don't know why Xu Shu took the risk this time." ”

"What's the matter? Hahaha...... He, Xu Shu, naturally came here to persuade him to surrender! Chen Qun didn't want to answer directly.

Chen Qun has been an official for many years. He is the elder of the three dynasties of Wei, and the accumulated political experience is not comparable to that of Sun Zi and Liu Fang. The political sensitivity accumulated over the years made Chen Qun see at a glance that Xu Shu was here to persuade him to surrender.

"Father-in-law, is Xu Shu crazy? There are still 400,000 troops under the command of General Cao Shuang, and we are far from the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and Your Majesty will not surrender. Chen Ben said categorically.

Chen Qun didn't refute, but closed his eyes and thought about it, and then said, "I'll tell you a story!" In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Taizu conquered Eastern Wu in the south, at that time, Taizu had an army of one million, and Sun Quan's soldiers were only tens of thousands, and the only thing Sun Quan could rely on was the Yangtze River Tianwei and his little water division. ”

At that time, the civil officials in Jiangdong all said that they would surrender, even Zhang Zhao and others, and Sun Quan was also quite moved by this, at this time Lu Su came out and said to Sun Quan, everyone can descend to Cao, but you Sun Quan can't descend to Cao! Zhang Zhao and others surrendered, but they could keep their official positions, Lu Su surrendered, but they didn't resign and go to the countryside to be a teacher, although they were not rich, at least they were free, and if Sun Quan surrendered, at most he would be able to keep the temple! ”

"Father-in-law, do you mean that Jizhou now is the same as Jiangdong back then, everyone can surrender, but Your Majesty can't surrender?"

Chen Qun nodded: "I have so many heroes of Wei Guo!" Whether it is a military general, he Liu Chan can use it. Therefore, the courtiers surrendered to keep their glory and wealth. My Wei clan, only the Cao family and the Xiahou clan are only, the relationship between the Xiahou clan and Liu Chan is known to the world, so Xiahou Ba surrendered to Liu Chan, isn't it also an official to enter the knighthood? Therefore, the Xiahou clan in this clan can also be surrendered. Counting it up, only the Cao clan can't descend! But now, this official of the DPRK and China, either short-sighted, or timid and afraid of things, even if he sees the way like me, will choose to protect himself, who will stand up and admonish His Majesty? ”

Speaking of this, Chen Qun sighed: "Hey, in the past Chibi Battle, there was Lu Zijing in Eastern Wu to admonish Sun Quan to calm his heart, and now that my Wei State is the enemy, Lu Zijing of my dynasty is calling?" ”